There were many great explorers who ventured out to discover the Americas, and Hernan Cortes was one of them. Hernan Cortes was the leader of the Conquistadors, and overall, was an excellent explorer . He was born around 1485 into a lesser noble family in Medellin, Spain, as his father had been captured by the Spanish Army. There is some evidence that at the age of 14, he possibly studied at the University of Salamanca, attempting to study law2. However, his degree was unsuccessful, and he returned
Hernan Cortes was an explorer. He also became part of a military group. According to Spain's history Hernan Cortes was one of Spanish’s best explorers. But what else do we know about Hernan Cortes? Hernan Cortes was born on 2 December 1458. Hernan Cortes lived in Medellin (Spain) with his mother and father. Hernan’s mother and father hoped he would one day became a lawyer. He was a farmer and worked for about six years in Hispaniola. When he became sick of farming he became part of a military
hours in her laboratory snapping photos of DNA molecules, not because she sought to win a race or complete a “conquest” but because of her genuine fascination with the unknown. Perhaps this was what made her so successful. In Lynne Osman Elkin’s paper, “Rosalind Franklin and the Double Helix”, Elkin discusses the importance of Franklin’s